Wego Health
Posted on May 28, 2009 - Filed Under Infertility, Podcast, Resources | Leave a Comment
A few months ago I joined an online community called Wego Health, it’s a community about health and full of health advocates. They have interviewed quite a few health advocates in the infertility community, such as Rachel who blogs about infertility at About.com and Hethir who is a Holistic Healthcare Practitioner and blogs at Natural [...]
Read More..>>RESOLVE Advocacy Day
Posted on May 27, 2009 - Filed Under Infertility | Leave a Comment
On June 25th RESOLVE will be a voice for the infertile community. If you have the time to visit Washington, D. C. on that date, they would love to have you join them. For more information visit the RESOLVE website.
Read More..>>eSET Report
Posted on May 18, 2009 - Filed Under Infertility, Premature Births | Leave a Comment
Recently I was forwarded a report on eSET (elective single embryo transfer). While I had basically guessed the results of the report, the finding that eSET reduced multiples births, I was very pleased with the last paragraph of the report which basically states five objectives. My favorite two were/are 1) the ART community should continue [...]
Read More..>>Selective Reduction
Posted on May 14, 2009 - Filed Under Infertility, Premature Births, pregnancy | Leave a Comment
An article in Newsweek would generate some heated debate if comments were allowed to be posted. The issue of selective reduction is a sensitive topic for those using Assisted Reproductive Technologies such as artificial insemination and IVF (although, contrary to general public knowledge the risk of triples and other high-order multiples is infrequent when this [...]
Read More..>>Pregnant with Twins? A Medial Study
Posted on May 12, 2009 - Filed Under Premature Births, Resources, pregnancy | 2 Comments
At the Arizona Walk of Hope event I picked up a flyer from the Obstetrix Medical Group. They are doing a study on women pregnant with twins to see if they can reduce the occurrence of premature birth in these pregnancies. The study includes progesterone shots (I know those are not fun and if you [...]
Read More..>>Happy Sunday
Posted on May 8, 2009 - Filed Under Infertility | 1 Comment
Sunday is an ordinary day for many couples struggling with infertility. However, they might decide to forgo church or other places that will remind them of the Hallmark holiday. Infertility makes the time up to and the days of Mother’s Day and Father’s Day practically unbearable. This is the first year since I’ve been a [...]
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